MEUSE-RHINE TRIANGLE BUSINESS

[BIZ/GOV: Liège, November 24]
Mr. Julien Mestrez, Deputy of the province of Liège, gave his consent to the provincial support for the Intereg III project called ‘The Meuse-Rhine Triangle’. This is a campaign for the promotion of inbound business investment, and a subsidy for this purpose of EUR 12,553 went to SPI+, the Liège development agency.

Within the context of the Intereg III program, Limburg (NL) initiated the campaign for inbound business in October 2003. This is to attract investors to Meuse-Rhine, which includes Belgian and Dutch Limburg, the German-speaking community in Belgium, the Province of Liège, and the Aachen region. Detailed information on certain sectors were given, including: automotive, logistics, IT, mobile technology, aerospace, the timber industry, innovative production, metallurgy, and the life sciences.

The marketing campaign will be handled by SPI+ in Liège and by the other development agencies. The total cost for the campaign is EUR 468,218 and in 2003 the province of Liège approved the global grant of EUR 55,213.50 to SPI+. This amount was split on an annual basis into EUR 4,125 in 2003, EUR 27,983 in 2004 and now EUR 12,553 in 2005; EUR 10,552.50 remains for 2006.
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